Couples Therapists in Uptown - Oakland, CA 94612

"RADICALLY IMPROVE YOURSELF AND YOUR RELATIONSHIPS. Do you want to meet new people? Would you like a better relationship with your boss and coworkers for a better career? Do you want a deeper connection to your partner, child, or family? Do you want to feel that you deserve love, happiness, and success?
Relationships determine everything in our lives, from who we date to where we work to what we do for fun. If your relationships are good, chances are your life is good.
I help people have good relationships and good lives."

"RADICALLY IMPROVE YOURSELF AND YOUR RELATIONSHIPS. Do you want to meet new people? Would you like a better relationship with your boss and coworkers for a better career? Do you want a deeper connection to your partner, child, or family? Do you want to feel that you deserve love, happiness, and success?
Relationships determine everything in our lives, from who we date to where we work to what we do for fun. If your relationships are good, chances are your life is good.
I help people have good relationships and good lives."

"As a Clinical Psychologist, I help people create meaningful change in their lives. My approach is self empowering and compassionate with a sensitivity to cultural differences and social justice. My strength as a therapist is in making deep connections with people, creating a sense of safety and helping clients identify and confront their blind spots in dealing with their issues. My personality style is warm, sincere, and down to earth. Those who see me describe me as someone who is "caring, warm, a great listener, interactive, and offers honest insightful feedback.""

"As a Clinical Psychologist, I help people create meaningful change in their lives. My approach is self empowering and compassionate with a sensitivity to cultural differences and social justice. My strength as a therapist is in making deep connections with people, creating a sense of safety and helping clients identify and confront their blind spots in dealing with their issues. My personality style is warm, sincere, and down to earth. Those who see me describe me as someone who is "caring, warm, a great listener, interactive, and offers honest insightful feedback.""

"Connect more deeply to yourself and your partner. Find compassion and open-heartedness to deal with the stress of everyday life and with patterns from the past. I see individuals, couples and families resolving issues of communication, fighting, rekindling the romance/sexuality, healing trauma, blended family/divorce issues, and teen/adolescent launching. I help clients make the changes necessary for a fuller, more alive life."

"Connect more deeply to yourself and your partner. Find compassion and open-heartedness to deal with the stress of everyday life and with patterns from the past. I see individuals, couples and families resolving issues of communication, fighting, rekindling the romance/sexuality, healing trauma, blended family/divorce issues, and teen/adolescent launching. I help clients make the changes necessary for a fuller, more alive life."

"I enjoy working as a Marriage and Family Therapist to help individuals and couples communicate effectively and heal from past hurts. Therapy can be for people who feel stuck and nothing else seems to be working. Therapy can be for someone who needs healing from a broken relationship or loss of a loved one. It can be for couples who want to increase their connection and thrive together."

"I enjoy working as a Marriage and Family Therapist to help individuals and couples communicate effectively and heal from past hurts. Therapy can be for people who feel stuck and nothing else seems to be working. Therapy can be for someone who needs healing from a broken relationship or loss of a loved one. It can be for couples who want to increase their connection and thrive together."

"So, you are browsing for someone to help you. There are many here who can, myself included. Effective therapy is first and foremost about good fit. Can we collaborate on a solution for you? Do I care enough to hear what you are saying and feel what you are not ready to say? Am I patient enough to give you time to share in your own time and in your own way? Am I willing to be directive when you most need it, even though you may not want that? In a word, "Yes.""

"So, you are browsing for someone to help you. There are many here who can, myself included. Effective therapy is first and foremost about good fit. Can we collaborate on a solution for you? Do I care enough to hear what you are saying and feel what you are not ready to say? Am I patient enough to give you time to share in your own time and in your own way? Am I willing to be directive when you most need it, even though you may not want that? In a word, "Yes.""

"Parenting can be a deeply conflictual experience. Sometimes we agree with Bette Davis who said "If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent." Other times we identify with Anne Lamott's notion that "There really are places in the heart you don't even know exist until you love a child." The seemingly unpredictable alternation of positive and negative feelings that come with raising a family can be painful and bewildering, and our self-esteem as parents suffers most when it becomes difficult to access the good in our closest relationships."

"Parenting can be a deeply conflictual experience. Sometimes we agree with Bette Davis who said "If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent." Other times we identify with Anne Lamott's notion that "There really are places in the heart you don't even know exist until you love a child." The seemingly unpredictable alternation of positive and negative feelings that come with raising a family can be painful and bewildering, and our self-esteem as parents suffers most when it becomes difficult to access the good in our closest relationships."

"Are you feeling alienated in your relationships with a spouse, partner or family members and unable to resolve the issues driving you further apart? Have you recently suffered a traumatic loss or through a stressful experience that left you feeling empty and in need of purposeful direction? Are you on the brink of initiating significant and necessary change in your life, but lacking the resolve to move forward? Do you feel truly ready to confront and conquer the stumbling blocks in your that have been holding you back, but you don't know where to begin?"

"Are you feeling alienated in your relationships with a spouse, partner or family members and unable to resolve the issues driving you further apart? Have you recently suffered a traumatic loss or through a stressful experience that left you feeling empty and in need of purposeful direction? Are you on the brink of initiating significant and necessary change in your life, but lacking the resolve to move forward? Do you feel truly ready to confront and conquer the stumbling blocks in your that have been holding you back, but you don't know where to begin?"

"Why do therapy? Why embark on a relationship with someone you don't know, to talk about difficulties or challenges in your life? Sometimes, when we tell family or friends how we are feeling, they react personally or try to explain away our experiences rather than make room for them. I believe that a relationship with a therapist is one in which significant change can take place. The neutral environment of therapy provides space to explore our experiences without worrying about angering, hurting, or upsetting someone else."

"Why do therapy? Why embark on a relationship with someone you don't know, to talk about difficulties or challenges in your life? Sometimes, when we tell family or friends how we are feeling, they react personally or try to explain away our experiences rather than make room for them. I believe that a relationship with a therapist is one in which significant change can take place. The neutral environment of therapy provides space to explore our experiences without worrying about angering, hurting, or upsetting someone else."

"People often struggle with problems that affect their relationships and emotional well-being. Sometimes their challenges are defined and sometimes they are more complex. As a therapist, I encourage self-empowerment; my role is to create a space in which clients explore their own options and make real their own solutions. I bring to this work a deep empathy and admiration for the courage of my clients. Therapy can be liberating and life-changing; it is also hard work. But simply starting the process carries an implicit hope that things can get better."

"People often struggle with problems that affect their relationships and emotional well-being. Sometimes their challenges are defined and sometimes they are more complex. As a therapist, I encourage self-empowerment; my role is to create a space in which clients explore their own options and make real their own solutions. I bring to this work a deep empathy and admiration for the courage of my clients. Therapy can be liberating and life-changing; it is also hard work. But simply starting the process carries an implicit hope that things can get better."

"If you want a more satisfying relationship, a more positive sense of yourself and life's possibilities, or an improved sex life, consult with a California licensed psychologist with over 20 years experience working successfully with individuals and couples of all backgrounds, with specialized training in effective treatment of couples and sexual issues.
Call me for prompt attention and for a free telephone consultation."

"If you want a more satisfying relationship, a more positive sense of yourself and life's possibilities, or an improved sex life, consult with a California licensed psychologist with over 20 years experience working successfully with individuals and couples of all backgrounds, with specialized training in effective treatment of couples and sexual issues.
Call me for prompt attention and for a free telephone consultation."

"I focus on the challenges that single WOC face when approaching dating & singlehood. My goal is to help you overcome insecurities, improve your sense of self-worth, & build attraction with confidence, visibility, & spontaneity to inspire devotion & have desired commitment. In my work with couples, I use my understanding of the past experiences of each partner that may be impacting the relationship & repeated interactional patterns that cause pain. My goal is for you to develop an understanding & compassion for one another's experience. This newly incorporated consideration for one another establishes a framework in which strategies can be developed, learned, & practiced to improve communication & resolve conflict."

"I focus on the challenges that single WOC face when approaching dating & singlehood. My goal is to help you overcome insecurities, improve your sense of self-worth, & build attraction with confidence, visibility, & spontaneity to inspire devotion & have desired commitment. In my work with couples, I use my understanding of the past experiences of each partner that may be impacting the relationship & repeated interactional patterns that cause pain. My goal is for you to develop an understanding & compassion for one another's experience. This newly incorporated consideration for one another establishes a framework in which strategies can be developed, learned, & practiced to improve communication & resolve conflict."

"Since 1989, I have been helping people uncover, explore, and work through barriers to authenticity and aliveness. Together, we bring into awareness the thoughts and feelings that can interfere with being more fully engaged with yourself or others. You may feel that you don't know yourself or can't be yourself; that decisions are difficult to make or impossible to follow through on; or that connections with others are empty or unsatisfying. Taking a closer look at what's getting in the way can make a difference."

"Since 1989, I have been helping people uncover, explore, and work through barriers to authenticity and aliveness. Together, we bring into awareness the thoughts and feelings that can interfere with being more fully engaged with yourself or others. You may feel that you don't know yourself or can't be yourself; that decisions are difficult to make or impossible to follow through on; or that connections with others are empty or unsatisfying. Taking a closer look at what's getting in the way can make a difference."

"I continue to be humbled by the bravery, vulnerability and courage it takes to enter into therapy. The very act of reaching out is one of resiliency and strength, particularly during times when you may be experiencing difficult transitions, questioning patterns in life that no longer serve you or your relationships, feelings of worry, sadness and overwhelm."

"I continue to be humbled by the bravery, vulnerability and courage it takes to enter into therapy. The very act of reaching out is one of resiliency and strength, particularly during times when you may be experiencing difficult transitions, questioning patterns in life that no longer serve you or your relationships, feelings of worry, sadness and overwhelm."

"It takes courage to work on one's challenges-- and I want to help you. Helping people overcome the struggles that make their lives harder and more complicated is rewarding for both of us. There are few things more awe-inspiring than helping someone succeed and feel better about themselves, their relationships, and their lives. Focusing on the concerns you consider most important, together we will work on either a short- or long-term basis, depending on your needs.."

"It takes courage to work on one's challenges-- and I want to help you. Helping people overcome the struggles that make their lives harder and more complicated is rewarding for both of us. There are few things more awe-inspiring than helping someone succeed and feel better about themselves, their relationships, and their lives. Focusing on the concerns you consider most important, together we will work on either a short- or long-term basis, depending on your needs.."

"My work is guided by the tenet, Life is Relationship. If we can trust our stories to a therapist, that therapeutic relationship can transform us. Self-acceptance, and calm return. I listen compassionately to others to understand what is inhibiting their motivation and self-confidence. I consider lifestyle practices, relationships, use of substances; healthy and unhealthy habits, and one's sense of belonging. My clients and I together identify what helps them change. Some practices and tools I use to guide my work are: talk therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), mindfulness and stress management practices derived from Yogic philosophy and practices."

"My work is guided by the tenet, Life is Relationship. If we can trust our stories to a therapist, that therapeutic relationship can transform us. Self-acceptance, and calm return. I listen compassionately to others to understand what is inhibiting their motivation and self-confidence. I consider lifestyle practices, relationships, use of substances; healthy and unhealthy habits, and one's sense of belonging. My clients and I together identify what helps them change. Some practices and tools I use to guide my work are: talk therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), mindfulness and stress management practices derived from Yogic philosophy and practices."

"We all experience difficult periods in our lives. Whether you are suffering from anxiety, depression, grief or challenges in your relationships, I am here to support you in healing. Reaching out for help can be scary. Maybe you're feeling unsafe or have difficulty trusting. Where ever you are right now is completely okay and normal. Therapy can be scary and challenging. My intention is to accept you where ever you are right now and hold you in non-judgmental space, so you can receive the guidance and support you need in order to heal."

"We all experience difficult periods in our lives. Whether you are suffering from anxiety, depression, grief or challenges in your relationships, I am here to support you in healing. Reaching out for help can be scary. Maybe you're feeling unsafe or have difficulty trusting. Where ever you are right now is completely okay and normal. Therapy can be scary and challenging. My intention is to accept you where ever you are right now and hold you in non-judgmental space, so you can receive the guidance and support you need in order to heal."

"I think of psychotherapy as a collaborative process and my style is interactive and engaged. I value people's strengths and maintain an open, empathic and non-judgmental position. Every individual and couple comes to therapy with unique needs, desires and history; so there is no one "right" way to work with everyone. Together the client and I determine what is most likely to be helpful. I have over 20 years experience treating all sorts of people, but I have a particular specialty in treating trauma and abuse survivors."

"I think of psychotherapy as a collaborative process and my style is interactive and engaged. I value people's strengths and maintain an open, empathic and non-judgmental position. Every individual and couple comes to therapy with unique needs, desires and history; so there is no one "right" way to work with everyone. Together the client and I determine what is most likely to be helpful. I have over 20 years experience treating all sorts of people, but I have a particular specialty in treating trauma and abuse survivors."

"I believe that troubled relationships are the root of most suffering. As a result, my work is focused on those who wish to improve their relational lives. This includes single people striving to feel secure and confident with their status in this coupled culture; single people who aspire to having a romantic relationship, but who seem to encounter difficulties in securing one; people who are already in a romantic relationship, but are facing challenges with it; or people who struggle with relationships in the working world, with friendships, or with family members. I enjoy working with couples and have training in EFT."

"I believe that troubled relationships are the root of most suffering. As a result, my work is focused on those who wish to improve their relational lives. This includes single people striving to feel secure and confident with their status in this coupled culture; single people who aspire to having a romantic relationship, but who seem to encounter difficulties in securing one; people who are already in a romantic relationship, but are facing challenges with it; or people who struggle with relationships in the working world, with friendships, or with family members. I enjoy working with couples and have training in EFT."

"I look forward to addressing your individual needs. I specialize in treating adolescent issues of all types with a specific focus on depression and mood disorders. I also offer services for people suffering from addiction, in all its forms. I work with adolescence, adults and couples, and of course with the entire family when indicated. I am considered a technical eclectic, which means I use whatever theoretical approach I feel will work best for your situation. We will also draw from film, literature, culture and spirituality in our sessions so that we can make use of your unique personal interests."

"I look forward to addressing your individual needs. I specialize in treating adolescent issues of all types with a specific focus on depression and mood disorders. I also offer services for people suffering from addiction, in all its forms. I work with adolescence, adults and couples, and of course with the entire family when indicated. I am considered a technical eclectic, which means I use whatever theoretical approach I feel will work best for your situation. We will also draw from film, literature, culture and spirituality in our sessions so that we can make use of your unique personal interests."

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